The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine has announced it is accepting applications for the 2014 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. The full-time, paid summer internship provides college students an opportunity to participate in and contribute to Maine government while gaining work experience in a state or local/county agency. This year […]
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Anna Saar, who coordinates the University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Senior Companion Program for Oxford, Androscoggin and Franklin counties, spoke with the Sun Journal about the program and her upcoming talk in Otisfield. Saar is scheduled to speak Feb. 6 at a presentation hosted by the Otisfield Social Outreach Committee for residents interested in helping […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will offer ART@NOON, an informal gallery talk and tour with UMMA Director George Kinghorn at 12 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12. Kinghorn will discuss the museum’s current exhibition “From Piranesi to Picasso: Master Prints from the Permanent Collection,” on display through March 22. ART@NOON gallery talks […]
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UMaine’s CCAR assists in development of recirculating aquaculture technology.
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the third annual 12-hour BearFest Dance Marathon held at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. The student-run event was held to raise money for Eastern Maine Medical Center, an EMHS Foundation Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Theo Koboski, a student organizer of the event, said BearFest offers a great […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on Roosevelt Boone, a former University of Maine football player and current graduate student pursuing master’s degrees in kinesiology and physical education as well as human development. Boone is the co-founder of Strong Mind-Strong Body Inc., a nonprofit organization that sponsors free programs that promote physical education, […]
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The University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation was mentioned in City Council Chairman Ben Sprague’s 38 ideas for how to attract more people to live and work in Bangor, the Bangor Daily News reported. “Work to link University of Maine Innovation Center efforts to Bangor” was listed in Sprague’s proposal of 38 “action […]
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The MBS Corps, the Maine Business School’s community outreach organization, will hold its first monthly food drive Feb. 4–5 in the atrium of the D.P. Corbett Business Building at the University of Maine. Those who donate a food item will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes including an official UMaine T-shirt, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported Sweet Frog, a frozen yogurt shop in Bangor, hosted a spirit night to raise funds for the University of Maine’s third annual BearFest. During the event, 20 percent of the shop’s proceeds went to the 12-hour BearFest Dance Marathon that is being held Feb. 1 to raise money for Eastern Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on an immersive program founded by Jeff Thaler, assistant university counsel and a visiting professor of energy policy, law and ethics at the University of Maine, that places Williams College students in the homes of Portland immigrants and asylum seekers. The experience aims to help students of the private school […]
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